Re: UFC vs. Pride

I watch that reality show they had on a while back, but I stopped when I got rid of my cable. I don't think I've watched a ppv event for at least a year now. Randy Cotore fought Chuck the Ice Man for the championship and lost.

Re: UFC vs. Pride

It's too bad they have so many rules in that stuff. I'd really like to see what would happen if they'd let karate masters compete. Alas, they won't because it would be far too dangerous. I know a few guys who say they could end the fight in a few seconds, but they wouldn't compete because the moves could and probably would kill the opponent.

Re: UFC vs. Pride

Rampage is a cool name. Haven't seen the fight but I'm glad he won because of his name alone.

Lamo, can you imagine the repercussions if somebody died in one of those human cockfighting events? They had senators using that stuff as ammunition for their campaigns, so I think the heads of the ufc are smart by not allowing fighters who train in death blows compete. Even if they let someone trained in a true killing art, like a ninjutsu, they'd have to put rules in place to keep him from accidentally killing somebody and i'm sure that would put him at a handicap.

Re: UFC vs. Pride

I agree, especially since some deadly arts such as ninjutsu only deal with deadly moves. I heard about a martial arts master that could knock his opponent unconcious without touching the person. He would yell and push an energy toward the person and it would render them unconcious. He has been barred from fighting in the UFC because they don't think it would sell any ppv tickets because all his matches would be over in mere seconds.

I guess that's all fine because it is a sport and not Mortal Kombat and we aren't Roman citizens in the Colliseum.

Re: UFC vs. Pride

i disagree with you there, LC. I think we're more like the Romans during their decline in certain respects than we care to admit. Boxing and your cage fighting stuff looks like it's here to stay, and bloodsports are still at an all-time high, regardless of what those PETA drones say. A lof of sports turn brutality into a spectacle and you'll be hard pressed trying to argue that we're a society that dislikes violence.

I heard about that martial arts master you were talking about, too. I think they did a documentary on him on history channel or something. I remember him saying that throwing an energy wave like that took so much out of him that he was incapaciated for a few hours even for a small one. For a repeated attack, he might lose consciousness before his opponent or even die so maybe that's the reason they forbade him to fight?

I didn't realize that knocking someone unconscious in record time would be detrimental to your success as a cage fighter. If anything, I'd be fascinated to watch a guy like that fight without actually touching another person. My tae kwon do teacher when I was a kid was a 10th dan grandmaster who was starting to explore those kinds of theories. According to him, most that reach that level are warned against having reparations with a woman or doing anything that causes them to expel their testoserone.

makes sense, as monks have known that to be the source of most of our strength, and even professional fighters refrain from having sex at least a week before a fight.